> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 206](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212248) of TL-2 Vol. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/10493-1) LSID 10493-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21610388) QID Q21610388 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Tellam, Richard Vercoe (1826-1908), British farmer and naturalist in Cornwall. **Abbreviated name**: *Tellam* \[standard form in IPNI: *Tellam*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection TRU|TRU]] (part of herb. cited in Fl. Cornwall (H. Davey, 1909)), algae at Bodmin Museum (fide L.M. Newton; some material (e.g. lichens) was lost during a flood in 1953: "a good deal of material, notably the marine algae" is still extant (R. Penhallurick in lit. to D.L. Hawksworth, 7 Dec 1976). Other material at [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection NMW|NMW]], [[Collection NOT|NOT]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]]. – See also Kent & Allen (1984). #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 366 (b. 9 Feb 1826, d. 18 Sep 1908); BB p. 298; Clokie p. 252; CSP 12: 724, 19: 52; Desmond p. 603; De Toni 1: cxxii; GR p. 416; IH 2: (files). #### Biofile - Anon., Bot. Exch. Cl. Brit. Isl. Rep. 1908: 345. 1909; Bot. Not. 1908: 294 (d.). - Davey, F.H., J. Bot. 46: 360-362. 1908 (obit.); Fl. Cornwall liv-lv. 1909. - Hawksworth, D.L. & M.R.D. Seaward, Lichenology British Isles 24, 158, 199. 1977 (TRU destr. 1953). - Holmes, E.M., J. Bot. 46: 362-363. 1908 (obit.). - Kent, D.H., Brit. herb. 81. 1957 (coll.). - Kent, D.H. & D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish herb. 256. 1984 (details on collections). - Newton, L.M., Phycol. Bull. 1: 18. 1952 (algae at Bodmin Mus.). #### Eponymy *Tellamia* Batters (1895).